Opened iTunes this morning and it started doing some kind of update or review of files. I stopped it, which was apparently a mistake. Now about 400 songs are missing from the application, though as far as I can tell, they all seem to be in the iTunes Library. So I can put the songs back on iTunes.

More irritating is that all the playlists that were on the application are missing. Any way to restore them? Are they stored in some folder that I'm not finding?

Running a 2006 iMac 2.16GHz Intel.

Thanks!

_________________________Stumpy"Seek for the merit in others, even the tiniest shred. Then do the same in yourself"-Reb Nachman

The file will have an exclamation mark to the left which demotes iTunes doesn't know it's location. Attempting to play will give you a message that it's missing and the option to find it. When you navigate and find the song, it should ask you if you want to add the others too.

Replace your "iTunes Library.itl" file that is located in the iTunes folder with one from a backup to get your playlists back and Music associations back. It will restore everything to that point in time so anything you've added since then won't be there.

Just move the old file to the desktop. Quit iTunes first, don't just close the window, quit the app. You'll be back to where you were 11/14 after you replace the file.

As far as the update, you mentioned that it was "doing some kind of update or review of files." Must not have been a software update then. It must have been updating its database. Maybe it got corrupt for some reason and it was rebuilding it.

After changing to the 11/14/11 file, more of the playlists are there, but not the ones I created myself. Also lost the number of plays on the songs, and the column order is different. I'll have to decide which of these I want most. Gained about 1200 songs showing after the switch, though, so this looks like it will be the least work. I'd lost more than I remembered.

Thanks for your help, sir! At least I have some more choices now.

_________________________Stumpy"Seek for the merit in others, even the tiniest shred. Then do the same in yourself"-Reb Nachman

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